Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SCUTELLATE
Etymology
Adjective
scutellate (comparative more scutellate, superlative most scutellate)
(botany) saucer-shaped
(zoology) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella, as in certain birds.
Synonyms
• scutellated
Source: Wiktionary
Scu"tel*late, Scu"tel*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward.
2. Etym: [See Scutellum.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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